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BACKGROUND CHECKS - BACKGROUND SEARCHES - BACKGROUND VERIFICATION- CRIMINAL BACKGRFOUND CHECKS- A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CAPABILITY

 

One of the most common services Private Investigators provide is that of background checks, background searches and background verification. Whilst these three may all sound the same, they are in fact different. Some of the services below may not be available nor lawful in some countries.

Background checks

Background checks is a term generally used to describe a service that a person wants carried out specifically targeted at what an individual has alleged or told another person that this person does not necessarily believe. It could be that the person has alleged that they are not married or not in a relationship, represent a particular organisation, have a certain profession, are in possession of certain qualifications or perhaps have received certain accolades for their services/actions.

Almost all people who want a background check undertaken are proven correct about their suspicions. Your intuitiveness, gut feeling, suspicions are generally well founded – you just don’t have the proof.

These background checks usually involve the gathering of information from third parties, persons who will know the truth and not necessarily being able to be supported by physical documentation. Some of this background searching work is undertaken via surveillance to confirm the truthfulness of a person allegations.

There is almost always a way to gather background check information lawfully and it takes an inventive and creative mind at times to achieve these outcomes. Lyonswood has developed and pioneered techniques in background checks that other investigation companies haven’t even thought of.

Background searches

These differ from background checks in that private investigators generally obtain documentary proof to either support or counter the allegations of the persons background. These background searches might relate to company searches, land titles searches, bankruptcy searches, criminal records searches, credit searches, financial searches, address searches, tenancy searches, marriage searches, mobile phone number searches, unlisted phone number searches and media searches. There are many more back ground search requirements that we often undertake in this regard.

These background searches rely very much upon the skill of the private investigator/ private investigators and the private investigator/ private investigators having access to many background search databases. Lyonswood Investigations and Forensic Group has over the past 29 years become familiar with all of the best search engines and subscribes to dozens of these in the pursuit of lawfully gathering the information that our clients seek to give them peace of mind. We also have an international background searching capacity through our overseas partners.

Background verification

Background verification can take on other dimensions and is generally undertaken via surveillance of the person when all other attempts to verify these circumstances through background searches and background checks have failed to find evidence in other ways. Surveillance is a powerful tool and you never really know a person until you follow them.

Often surveillance turns up evidence that not only refutes what the surveillance target has told our client but also what the client does not expect as an added bonus.

It could be that a background verification target person is alleging that they work in a certain profession and that background searches have failed to adduce any evidence of this. It might be that the background verification target alleges they are single, married, wealthy, reside or work in a certain place, have a certain illness, are in receipt of certain treatment for that illness or incapacity, are overseas but are not etc. All of these circumstances have been previously investigated by Lyonswood and verified or refuted.

Criminal background checks

In Australia it is only possible to obtain the Australian criminal history of an individual if you have the signed consent of that individual and documentation of proof of identity of that person certified by a Justice Of The Peace. Otherwise it is not possible no matter what some crooked investigators will tell you just to get your money. If the criminal history has been published then provided that published history is on the net or perhaps at a newspaper archive then you may gain access. This is rarely available and generally only very serious crimes are published.

Beware of websites offering to get this information as most are not located in Australia.

We can however gain the criminal history of an individual in many other countries via our world membership to Investigation Representative Industry bodies and colleagues that we have used and trusted over the years.

Costs

The cost of a background check, background search, background verification or Criminal background check will greatly vary dependent upon where the background searches, background checks, background verification and criminal background check is to be undertaken, how many background searches need to be undertaken and the cost of these background searches individually.

Once Lyonswood understands your objectives and expected outcomes we can provide you with a quote to undertake those background checks, background searches, background verification or criminal background checks.

Generally, background checks, background searches, background verification and criminal background check investigations cost between $220.00 incl GST and $880.00 incl GST. Some will be less expensive and some will be more expensive. We can work within your budget and advise prior to the background checks, background searches, background verification and criminal background checks what you can expect to get within that given budget.

Get peace of mind and get the proof you need by making contact with us now.